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2006-07 REVIEW 2006-07 REVIEW Phil Martelli put one of his youngest squads in On the verge of achieving a bye for the Atlantic 10 years on the floor in 2006-07 and although the team Tournament, the Hawks had a lackluster effort and was inconsistent at times, it gave Hawk fans opti- were upset by Richmond, 78-68. That started a mism for the coming years. SJU experienced a three-game skid that included losses to Xavier and rollercoaster ride that included two four-game win- UMass to push the Hawks into sixth place in the con- ning streaks and a late-season three-game losing ference, and a first-round game in the tournament. streak to finish 18-14. Despite the 18 wins, the SJU defeated Temple for the third time in the A-10 Hawks saw a streak of six consecutive postseason First Round as Carter hit the go-ahead free throws. appearances come to an end. The Hawks’ season came to an end in the quarterfi- Among the bright spots was the emergence of nals with the 58-48 loss to GW. Ahmad Nivins and Pat Calathes, who were clearly Nivins and Calathes put up career-best numbers two of the Atlantic 10’s most improved players. with averages of 16.6 and 13.9 points per game, Nivins had a breakout year, averaging 16.6 points respectively. Nivins led the squad in rebounding with and 7.6 rebounds and setting the school record for 7.1 per game, while setting the school record for field goal percentage (.631) while earning A-10 All- field goal percentage in a season (.631). Calathes Conference First Team honors. Calathes was second also grabbed a personal best 7.1 rebounds per game on the team with 13.9 points and 7.1 rebounds while and topped the Hawks in assists, with 116. getting a nod to the All-Conference Third Team. With a freshman starting backcourt (Jawan Carter, Garrett Williamson), the Hawks opened with three straight wins, and won five of their first seven games. SJU had three games in three days at Louisville’s NABC Classic, and despite opening with a win over Bellarmine as Nivins scored a career-high 2006-07 Awards/Accomplishments 28 points, SJU lost to the host Cardinals and then Ohio. SJU returned home to post a win over Saint PAT CALATHES Mary’s before the holidays, despite playing without • Atlantic 10 All-Conference Third Team Nivins (sprained ankle). • All-Big 5 Second Team A rematch with Hofstra (which defeated the Hawks Pat Calathes was named to the Atlantic 10 All- • Big 5 Player of the Week (Feb. 26) in the 2006 NIT) took place in the Aeropostale Conference Team, averaging a career-best 13.9 • Most Improved Player (O’Neill Award) Holiday Festival at one of SJU’s favorite arenas, points per game in 2006-07. Madison Square Garden. The contest turned out to • Set SJU record for consecutive free be a highly-competitive game for the early season, throws (38) and Hofstra handed the Hawks more heartbreak at in the only overtime contest of the season. MSG, winning 65-63 on a shot with 2.2 seconds to SJU bounced back with an exciting 82-74 win over JAWAN CARTER defending A-10 champion Xavier, led by Carter’s play. SJU bounced back to defeat Boston University • Atlantic 10 All-Rookie Team for the second time and started a four-game winning career-high 20 points. The Hawks seemed to carry streak. that momentum into the first half at George The Hawks opened conference play by routing Washington, outscoring GW 20-7 at the start. ARVYDAS LIDZIUS Duquesne at Alumni Memorial Fieldhouse behind a Despite leading most of the game, the Hawks went • Daniel J. Cummins Award for Spirit career-high 22 points from Rob Ferguson and fol- cold when it counted and saw GW rally for the 74-65 lowed that with road wins at Charlotte and Temple. decison. PHIL MARTELLI Nivins had 20 points versus Temple, as the Hawks Calathes bettered his career-high with 23 points in • Recorded 235th career victory to surpass defeated their city rival for the ninth time in 10 tries. the 84-74 win over Penn in the soldout Palestra. That Dr. Jack Ramsay for second place on SJU’s was followed by another home loss to Saint Louis The streak came to an end with a rare home loss all-time list for wins to Rhode Island, 86-81, despite personal best efforts and then a win over Dayton, 71-65, on Super Bowl from Nivins (28 pts-11 rebs) and Calathes (20 pts-11 Sunday. The win was significant as it was Martelli’s rebs). Fordham would hand the Hawks a 56-55 loss 235th, and moved him into second place on the AHMAD NIVINS Hawks’ all-time victory list past • Atlantic 10 All-Conference First Team legendary coach Jack Ramsay. • NABC All-District 3 First Team The Hawks suffered a huge • All-Big 5 First Team letdown in the always-anticipated • USA Basketball Pan Am Games Trials rivalry game with Villanova, scor- • Atlantic 10 Co-Player of the Week (Dec. 9) ing a season low in the 56-39 loss • Big 5 Player of the Week (Jan. 15, Jan. 8) at The Pavilion. That low point seemed to serve as a catalyst for • Aeropostale Holiday Festival the Hawks to play their best bas- All-Tournament Team ketball of the season, and go on to • NABC Classic All-Tournament Team win four in a row. SJU routed La • Most Valuable Player (Hilferty Award) Salle, 72-50, and then defeated • Set SJU single-season record for field GW, 62-56, as Calathes set the goal percentage (63.1) school record for consecutive free throws by hitting his 38th in a D.J. RIVERA row. After a win at St. Bonaventure, the Hawks dominat- • Atlantic 10 Rookie of the Week (Jan. 7) ed Temple at the Palestra, 92-76, in one of its best offensive per- ARTUR SUROV Ahmad Nivins earned the John P. Hilferty Award as the Hawks’ MVP formances of the year. • George Senesky Academic Award in 2007, which was his sophomore season. Nivins was presented the award by director of athletics Don DiJulia. 2007-08 SAINT JOSEPH’S BASKETBALL• 60 2006-07 REVIEW 2006-07 Overall Statistics (18-14; A-10: 9-7; BIG 5: 3-1) 3-PT R E B O U N D S P L A Y E R GP-GS MIN-AVG FG-FGA PCT FG-FGA PCT FT-FTA PCT OFF DEF TOT AVG PF-D A TO BLK ST PTS AVG Ahmad Nivins 31-31 1083-34.9 176-279 .631 0-1 .000 164-242 .678 105 130 235 7.6 89-3 11 77 32 32 516 16.6 Pat Calathes 32-32 984-30.8 144-316 .456 47-112 .420 110-130 .846 63 165 228 7.1 73-0 116 96 28 17 445 13.9 Rob Ferguson 32-32 1054-32.9 146-314 .465 39-91 .429 30-35 .857 62 106 168 5.3 91-2 42 65 30 29 361 11.3 Jawan Carter 32-26 821-25.7 74-198 .374 38-106 .358 56-74 .757 14 39 53 1.7 59-0 74 69 0 22 242 7.6 Darrin Govens 27-6 620-23.0 69-170 .406 33-83 .398 27-34 .794 7 31 38 1.4 42-0 67 46 2 17 198 7.3 D.J. Rivera 32-1 738-23.1 70-173 .405 10-36 .278 40-65 .615 28 54 82 2.6 67-1 38 41 10 41 190 5.9 Garrett Williamson 32-31 762-23.8 54-119 .454 4-23 .174 50-74 .676 36 78 114 3.6 95-2 62 43 16 31 162 5.1 Artur Surov 3-0 7-2.3 2-3 .667 0-0 .000 0-0 .000 0 1 1 0.3 0-0 0 0 1 0 4 1.3 Arvydas Lidzius 23-0 159-6.9 9-22 .409 2-10 .200 3-5 .600 8 15 23 1.0 22-0 10 11 1 3 23 1.0 Pete Kathopoulis 10-0 15-1.5 1-1 1.000 1-1 1.000 2-2 1.000 0 0 0 0.0 1-0 1 0 0 1 5 0.5 Alvin Mofunanya 19-1 73-3.8 4-11 .364 0-0 .000 1-8 .125 4 9 13 0.7 12-0 0 13 4 1 9 0.5 Edwin Lashley 13-0 39-3.0 2-9 .222 1-4 .250 0-0 .000 0 6 6 0.5 4-0 1 2 0 1 5 0.4 Rockwell Moody 16-0 71-4.4 0-5 .000 0-0 .000 2-2 1.000 5 8 13 0.8 12-0 1 1 2 1 2 0.1 Marcus Mitchell 1-0 1-0.0 0-0 .000 0-0 .000 0-0 .000 0 0 0 0.0 0-0 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 TEAM 47 52 99 3.1 TOTALS 32 6427 751-1620 .464 175-467 .375 485-671 .723 379 694 1073 33.5 569-8 423 473 126 196 2162 67.6 Opponents 32 6427 745-1699 .438 108-536 .336 391-589 .664 372 576 948 29.6 615 429 425 98 244 2061 64.4 SCORE BY PERIODS 1st 2nd OT TOTAL DEADBALL REBOUNDS OFF DEF TOTAL Saint Joseph's 1007 1150 5 2162 Saint Joseph’s 90 6 96 Opponents 970 1085 6 2061 Opponents 77 7 84 Atlantic 10 Games (9-7) 3-PT R E B O U N D S P L A Y E R GP-GS MIN-AVG FG-FGA PCT FG-FGA PCT FT-FTA PCT OFF DEF TOT AVG PF-D A TO BLK ST PTS AVG Ahmad Nivins 16-16 562-36.1 96-149 .644 0-1 .000 89-127 .701 47 72 119 7.4 49-2 8 40 11 11 281 17.6 Pat Calathes 16-16 528-33.0 86-177 .486 32-63 .500 53-64 .828 31 98 129 8.1 36-0 68 42 15 11 257 16.1 Rob Ferguson 16-16 523-32.7 78-158 .494 20-44 .455 15-18 .833 40 51 91 5.7 47-0 28 33 16 11 191 11.9 Darrin Govens 14-4 320-22.9 40-92 .435 20-46 .435 10-13 .769 5 19 23 1.6 18-0 34 22 1 8 110 7.9 Jawan Carter 16-12 406-25.4 38-104 .365 17-49 .347 31-38 .816 6 20 26 1.6 26-0 39 27 0 9 124 7.8 D.J.